NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY New York Times bestselling author Peter F.
Libra, Angela.
And on St. all the while hunting down a brutal killer poised to strike again. . .
Now Sid must navigate through a Byzantine minefield of competing interests within the police department and the world\'s political and economic elite .
Problem is, Angela also claims that the murderer was an alien monster.
Libra killer could have committed the Newcastle crime.
Because only the St.
And now it seems she may have been right.
The convicted slayer, Angela Tramelo, has always claimed her innocence.
Libra, where a North clone and his entire household were slaughtered in cold blood.
Yet Sid\'s case is about to take an unexpected turn: because the circumstances of the murder bear an uncanny resemblance to a killing that took place years ago on the planet St.
The way he figures it, whether he solves the crime or not, he\'ll make enough enemies to ruin his career.
Sid is a solid investigator who\'d like nothing better than to hand off this hot potato of a case.
At least that\'s what the murder of a North clone in the English city of Newcastle suggests to Detective Sidney Hurst.
Or maybe not so friendly.
For another, the original three clone "brothers" have gone their separate ways, and the branches of the family are now friendly rivals more than allies.
For one thing, genetic errors have crept in with each generation.
Yet these clones are not identical.
The keys to this empire belong to the powerful North family--composed of successive generations of clones.
A century from now, thanks to a technology allowing instantaneous travel across light-years, humanity has solved its energy shortages, cleaned up the environment, and created far-flung colony worlds.
Hamilton\'s riveting new thriller combines the nail-biting suspense of a serial-killer investigation with clear-eyed scientific and social extrapolation to create a future that seems not merely plausible but inevitable.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY New York Times bestselling author Peter F
